Care: Cartographies of Power and Politics in ECEC

Autor/in	Ailwood, Joanne
Titel	Care: Cartographies of Power and Politics in ECEC
Quelle	In: Global Studies of Childhood, 10 (2020) 4, S.339-346 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ailwood, Joanne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2043-6106
DOI	10.1177/2043610620977494
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Caring; Power Structure; Neoliberalism; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Early childhood educators' work is embedded in the complexities of relations and relationships, and this relational work is entangled in care. Care can be difficult to define and is often assumed as an inherent 'good' in education. In heavily feminised work environments such as early childhood education, it is easily assumed to be part of what naturally occurs amongst educators and children. However, I suggest that it is dangerous to assume we understand a concept as complex and value laden as care without also engaging in reflection and analysis about the complexity and multiplicity of care. In this paper I will explore some threads of care in early childhood education and care. I make use of Braidotti's concept of cartographies to critically examine aspects of care in early childhood education. A cartography enables an exploration of power and knowledge in relation to care. Care, like classrooms, is messy, relational, in action, situated and contextual. This examination of care enables the perceived connection between care as a necessary 'good' to be contested. Instead, care is mapped across multiple threads and potentials, threads that might sometimes be warm and sustaining, while sometimes being oppressive and stressful. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01